Dale Surowitz, Providence Tarzana Medical Center's former chief executive and the current chief operating officer for Providence Health & Services, Southern California, says, "Our goal is to work collaboratively with Children's Hospital Los Angeles to provide the next level of care to children, closer to home." (Photo: Business Wire)

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Dale Surowitz, Providence Tarzana Medical Center's former chief executive and the current chief operating officer for Providence Health & Services, Southern California, says, "Our goal is to work collaboratively with Children's Hospital Los Angeles to provide the next level of care to children, closer to home." (Photo: Business Wire)

An agreement took effect Jan. 1 formalizing an affiliation designed to
broaden the medical services provided by the pediatric unit and the
Mozilo Family Foundation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Providence
Tarzana. The units will be operated jointly by the two hospitals, with
Children’s Hospital providing further pediatric clinical expertise to
Providence Tarzana.

“Providence believes strongly in providing the services our community
needs and this partnership gives us the opportunity to enhance care for
our young patients,” said Dale Surowitz, Providence Tarzana’s former
chief executive and the current chief operating officer for Providence
Health & Services, Southern California. “Our goal is to work
collaboratively with Children’s Hospital to provide the next level of
care to children, closer to home.”

Under the agreement, a nurse manager from Children’s Hospital will
jointly oversee the pediatrics partnership at Providence Tarzana,
working closely with the hospital administration, physician and nursing
leadership. The relationship will give Providence access to Children’s
pediatric specialty expertise and the hospital’s best practices,
policies and protocols. Under the plan, Children’s Hospital also will
provide training and education to the Providence Tarzana staff,
complementary to existing educational programs. By establishing common
standards for pediatric clinical care that continually improve quality
and enhance expert-to-expert collaboration and consultation, best care
practices will be ensured for each patient.

“In creating this affiliation, we are ensuring that children in our
community who need hospital care can receive the best possible treatment
right here, near their parents,” said Cesar Chavarria, M.D., medical
director of pediatrics for Providence Tarzana. “We are proud to blend
our programs to offer this new level of pediatric care.”

Children’s Hospital is among the leading pediatric hospitals in the
nation, recognized for clinical innovation and the highest levels of
scientific research. It is affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine
of the University of Southern California. The new partnership is part of
the hospital’s mission to make it easier for the Greater Los Angeles
community to access its renowned pediatric specialty care, working with
institutions such as Providence Tarzana that share similar values.

“Our physicians and staff are excited to join with Providence Tarzana
physicians in providing world-class care to San Fernando Valley
families,” said Richard D. Cordova, FACHE, president and CEO of
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “Providence Tarzana is the perfect
organization for us to collaborate with – it has a long-standing and
superb reputation in the community and with physicians.”

Pediatric patients at Providence Tarzana will continue to be cared for
by their own physicians, who will have the added benefit of access to
Children’s Hospital’s expertise. Providence Tarzana is in the midst of
reconfiguring its highly regarded pediatrics program, uniting the
general pediatric unit with the Mozilo Family Foundation Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit on a single floor and expanding the PICU from seven
to eight beds. This newly redesigned PICU is being funded in part by a
donation from the Phyllis and Angelo R. Mozilo Family Foundation and is
named for the Mozilo family.

Providence pursued the agreement with Children’s Hospital with support
of physicians at Providence Tarzana and sister hospitals, Providence
Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank and Providence Holy Cross in
Mission Hills. Since the former Tarzana Regional Medical Center was
acquired by Providence in 2008, the three hospitals have worked together
to identify and enhance signature services at each location to ensure
that top quality health care programs are convenient to residents of the
San Fernando Valley and surrounding communities in Ventura County and
northern Los Angeles County.

This new program extends the relationship between Providence and
Children’s Hospital – the two jointly run the Adolescent and Young Adult
oncology program at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center’s Roy and
Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center, providing for the unique needs of
that age group.

The Providence Tarzana Foundation, made up of community members and
business representatives, has dedicated itself to upgrading and
enhancing care at Providence Tarzana with a special focus on pediatrics.
The foundation kicked off an $8 million capital campaign in 2010 to fund
the renovation and expansion.

About Providence Health & Services:

Providence Health & Services, Southern California, is a Catholic
not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing quality and
compassionate health care and reaching out to the poor and the
vulnerable in the communities it serves. Providence Southern California
operates five award-winning acute-care medical centers in the Los
Angeles area, providing a full continuum of healthcare services:
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Providence Holy Cross
Medical Center in Mission Hills, Providence Tarzana Medical Center,
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers in Torrance and San
Pedro. The region also has numerous ancillary facilities including
Hospice care, long-term care, numerous outpatient clinics, Providence
Medical Institute, Providence High School and an affiliation with Facey
Medical Group. For more information, visit California.providence.org

About Children’s Hospital Los Angeles:

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children’s
hospital in California and among the top five in the nation for clinical
excellence with its selection to the prestigious U.S. News & World
Report Honor Roll. Children’s Hospital is home to The Saban Research
Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research
facilities in the United States. Children’s Hospital is also one of
America's premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation since 1932
with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California. For more information, visit CHLA.org.
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